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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a reason Bolingbroke is executing the prisoners?
(a) Upset the queen.
(b) Causing Richard to banish Bolingbroke.
(c) Misleading Richard.
(d) They have murdered.

2. What does Richard learn of Gaunt in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) He is heartbroken and acting insane.
(b) He is very sick.
(c) He is leaving the country too.
(d) He is threatening to commit suicide.

3. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) An orchard.
(b) Windsor Castle.
(c) Gaunt's house.
(d) A chapel.

4. What does Bolingbroke claim to be his intentions for invading England?
(a) To destroy Richard's monarchy.
(b) All of the above.
(c) To reclaim his inheritance.
(d) To rule England.

5. Who says "What a tide of woes comes rushing on this woeful land at once!" in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The Duke of York.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Bagot.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the setting of Act 1, Scene 4?

2. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?

3. What is Bolingbroke's title now that Gaunt is dead?

4. How long is Mowbray banished from England?

5. What does Northumberland then confide to Ross and Willoughby in Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in Act 2, Scene 4 tries to persuade the other to remain waiting for Richard? Why?

2. What does the Queen learn while eavesdropping?

3. What does the Duchess of Gloucester beg for Gaunt to do in Act 1, Scene 2? How does he respond?

4. Summarize Bushy and Greens' final moments.

5. What does Bushy announce in Act 1, Scene 4 and how does Richard react?

6. How is Richard comforted in Act 3, Scene 2?

7. Who is arriving at Ravenspurgh in Act 2, Scene 2? What does this mean?

8. What is Bolingbroke going to do to Bushy and Green in Act 3, Scene 1? What are his reasons for doing so?

9. How does Richard ultimately respond to the conflict of Act 1, Scene 1?

10. How is Richard going to dismantle the finances of England to pay for his war in Ireland?

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